OH DA FEELS IN THIS EPISODE. DA FEELS! I'm so glad we got some more insight on Nagisa! This episode was amazing, and when Nagisa started crying my heart pretty much shattered, got thrown into the nearest volcano, ran through a river of chainsaws on fire and then landed in a pit of piranhas.

Because it's true that we kinda almost know nothing about Nagisa background.

He's always this happy go lucky fun guy and I guess it just makes his character more real because now, we know that he is more than that.

Even he gets tired sometimes and even he has his own fears and all that.

I really like that.

I just like character development. So I don't care if people say this is filler because I don't it is. It's called character development.

My thoughts exactly!

The story doesn't revolve around swimming or training only, it is also a slice of life anime and showing how one main character is struggling and hiding his fears/problems can affect the Iwatobi team as a whole so it's nice to see all the members of one team caring for one another. Training is not the only thing that will make you stronger, bonding and knowing that the other members will always back you up no matter what, helps even more. So it is not a filler for me either ^^ it just shows how all the characters are important for one another.

Last season the focus was mainly on Rin's problems but this season is nice to see the other main characters having more development. So far Rei has been my favorite in that account, he helped the team a lot last season and in this season he is working even harder.

Because it's true that we kinda almost know nothing about Nagisa background.

He's always this happy go lucky fun guy and I guess it just makes his character more real because now, we know that he is more than that.

Even he gets tired sometimes and even he has his own fears and all that.

I really like that.

I just like character development. So I don't care if people say this is filler because I don't it is. It's called character development.

My thoughts exactly!

The story doesn't revolve around swimming or training only, it is also a slice of life anime and showing how one main character is struggling and hiding his fears/problems can affect the Iwatobi team as a whole so it's nice to see all the members of one team caring for one another. Training is not the only thing that will make you stronger, bonding and knowing that the other members will always back you up no matter what, helps even more. So it is not a filler for me either ^^ it just shows how all the characters are important for one another.

Last season the focus was mainly on Rin's problems but this season is nice to see the other main characters having more development. So far Rei has been my favorite in that account, he helped the team a lot last season and in this season he is working even harder.

To be honest, I love all the characters in Free! so I am really glad to see the story focus on any character.

I think the appeal of Free! is in it's characters. So yea.

And I do agree that this is a slice of life and it's so good to see them caring for one another as a team. It makes them very real.

Yea, last season focus on mainly on Rin but I enjoyed last season a lot because Rin's problem was rather deep and painful. It's good to see him so happy and relaxed in season 2.
Yea, I am a little biased when it comes to Rin because he is my favourite character in Free!

But of course, I love to see other characters in the spotlight for Free!
Like I said earlier, what makes Free! good is it's characters.

The fifth episode was well cute, as expected from anything Nagisa-related :3, although it felt a little bit too extreme and his reaction quite childish, but at the same time I just wanted to baby him so much ahhh.
I wish we could see his family, maybe even just his sisters (I think the text message he got warning him that his mum was coming to get him at Haru's place was sent by one of them).